Window mounting and operating device for doors



A. E. OLSEN WINDOW MOUNTING AND OPERATINGy DEVICE FOR DOORS FiledvAug. 12. 1922 Alll'lltlhl' E. OLSlEN, @1F NEW YORK, N. Y.,

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Application filed August l2, 1922. Serial No. 581,356.

l To all w/zom t may concern:

Beit known that l, ANTON l. OLsnN, a citizen of the lUnited States. and residing at New York, in the county of New York and State -of New York, have invented certain new and useful `improvements inl/Window Mounting and Operating Devices for Doors, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertainsfto make and use the same.

rfhis inventionif relates to a window mounting and operating device for use in connection with the doors of motor vehicles,

and the object of the invention is to provide a construction of the class described, which is designed to permit of the quick and easy insertion and removal of a window panel in the framework of a door; a further object being to provide improved means for operating said window panel, involving a pivoted lever cooperating with the window panel and provided with means for moving said lever in one direction against a compression spring; and with these and other objects in View, the invention consists in window mounting and operating means of the vclass and for the purpose specified,

.which is simple in construction, eilicient in' use, and which 4is constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention described and claimed herein is'an `improvement on that shown and described in a co-pending application, filed January 30, 1922, Ser. No. 532,603, and is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which lFig. 1 is an inside view of a motor vehicle door, showing a window panel mounted therein and the means for actuatingsaid panel. i i y p f i Fig. 2 is a partial section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1 and on an enlarged scale. Fig. 3 is a partial section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1 and lon an enlarged scale; and,

lllignAis a partial section on the line 1 4: of Fig. 3. A

lln the drawing ll have shown for the purpose of l illustratliiig my invention, a motor vehicle door framework 5 providedat the top with a window opening 6 adapted lto be' 14. The central 'strip 9 is provided with an aperture through which the panel l is movable and the bottom of the panel l or the lower edge thereof is provided with a metallic strip 16 carrying a track or run- 70 way 17, in which a roller' bearing 18 on the free end of a lever 19 operates. The other end portion of the lever 19/is pivoted to an attaching plate 20 as shown at 21 and pivoted to the end of thelever is a rod 22, on 'l5 which is mounted a spiral spring 23 which operates in connection with a seat secured to the-attaching plate 20.A

rlhe attaching plate 20 is mounted inconnection with the door framework 5, andi-la 30 pin or bolt 25 is mounted in connection with said plate, and onwhich is mounted a bevel gear 26 having a square extension 27 which entersa corresponding recess in a crank 23 i rotatably mounted in connection with` and 8% held in engagement with a housing 29. A yokev 30 is mounted on the pin or bolt 25, and a screw shaft 31 is rotatably mounted in said yoke and is provided' at its upperJ end with a bevel pinion 32, adapted to mesh e0 with the gear 26 and said screw shaft passes through and is adapted to operate in an internally threaded block 33 pivotally mount ed in connection with the lever 19.

@ne end portionifofthe,track or jrunway is cut 'fout'las shown@4 34 approximately centrally of the wind A panel to permit the disengagement of thefbearinglB from said track or runway when it is desiredto remove-the window panel v lin removing the wi,"dowpanehfthe'vvindow is first Yraised to itsfuppermost position 1 afterf-whicli the strip. 11 is removed from the top of the y. door "framework, and the window is;E then; pulled upwardly throu hw@ the top of the door. The window may e replaced in the same manner 'by passing the window panel through the openin which isy closed by the strip 1l and'it wil be unlll@ derstood thatl the distinct advantage of this v the metallic strip 16 is invisiiile or does not construction in the manufacture and assemblage of tliebodies of motor vehicles, it.being apparent that the window panels` thereof maybe inserted at thelast `momentwhen the for shipment, thus avoiding tlfer breakage ofV such windowV panels, which is the present experience. It will also be understood Vthat when the win'- dow panel is'in its raised position and' seated against the facing' 14.- of the strip 11, that project abovelthe,V central strip 9: of the framework. if j`- Y Y In" operating the window panel 7 tofraise and lower thei saine inthe framework 5, it will be 'understood that when the window panel isin'a raised position, thel bearin 18 willbe 'adjacent to-the cut-away en 34 ofthe trucker runway 17 and in lower.-

Vro er 18 move track or runway 17; and then backwardly in the `window to a full open position, the outwardly in' the into substantially the' same position assumed when the windovl'r is Aa closed position, and in the downward movement of the window anel, the spring23 will operate to counterhalance the weight of the window to prevent the sudden*- dropping action of such `window;`whilein the upward movement of the window\tl1'e compression of the springV will alsoope'rate to balance such window so that both movements of the window will be alike or substantially so. `The lever 19 is also preferably lprovided with a hookshaped member, and the attaching plate 20 with a corresponding member 36, where? by anotherspring orsprings may be employed in connection with the lever 19 if .Another featureof my invention lies in the fact that the entire window operating mechanism, comprising the gear 26, pinion 32, shaft 31, lever.19, rod 22 and spring 23 is mounted in lconnection with and formsv a unit with the Vattaching plate 20, and this .facilitates the mounting or assembla e of the operating rdevice in connection wit the :door frame andwhile I have shown certain details of construction for carrying my 1nvention linto effect, it will be .understood that I vam not necessarily'limited to these Idetails and various changes therein and by Letters Patent, is

lever pvoted to said plate, the free end-of.

said lever being provided with an antifrictional device adapted to coo erate with the window panel to be operate a block movably mounted in connection with said lever, a screw shaft in threaded engagement with said block, a bevel pinion at one 'end of said screw shaft, a bevel gear meshing with said' pinion, a crank for rotatingsaid bevel gear to correspondingly rotateA said screw shaft, a spring mounted in connection with said lever andsaid attaching plate for counteribalancing the. window panel in the operation of raisin and lowerin the same, all of said parts eing mounte in connection with said attaching plate to form a unitary construction thereof. 'A

2. A window operating device of the class described, comprlsing an' attaching plate, a

lever pivoted to said plate, the free end of said leverbein providedwithan antifric-` tional device a apted to coo crate with the window panel to be operate a block movably mounted in connection with said lever,

a screw shaft in threaded engagement with said block, a bevel inion at one end of said screw shaft, a beve gear vkmeshing with said pinion, a crank for rotating saidbevel gear to correspondingly rotate said screw shaft, a compression spring mounted in connection with said lever and: s aid attaching plate for counterbalancingthe window panel in the operation of raising and lowering the same, all of said parts bein mounted in connection with said attaching; plate to )form a unitary construction thereof, and said gear housing. Y A

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed .my name this 10th day of August, 1922.`

ANTON. E. oLsEN.

and pinion being enclosed in a cup-shaped 

